New York Times | Syria Berates Hamas Chief, an Old Ally, on State TV New York Times BEIRUT, Lebanon — State television in Syria issued a withering attack late Monday on a longtime ally, the leader of the Palestinian militant group Hamas, Khaled Meshal, addressing him as if he were an ungrateful child, saying he was having a “romantic ... Syrian Conflict Draws in Assad Ally Hezbollah, Widens His Rift with Hamas Syria slams Hamas leader as rifts with former ally widen Syria, Running Low On Friends, Angrily Sheds Another |
AFP | Video shows American journalist apparently held by gunmen in Syria Washington Post BEIRUT — An American freelance journalist who has been missing in Syria since mid-August has been shown in a video clip posted online, blindfolded and saying “Oh, Jesus” in a frightened voice in the custody of armed men. The video, which came to light ... Analysts Say Video of American Held in Syria May Have Been Staged US believes Syria is holding American journalist Video appears to show US journalist missing in Syria |
Christian Science Monitor | Home > News > Syria: UN council members support 'terrorism' U.S. News & World Report UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem accused some U.N. Security Council members Monday of supporting "terrorism" in a speech colored by conspiratorial undertones that clearly aimed at the United States and its allies that ... Syria Crisis: UN General Assembly Unable To Find Solution Syria: more UN assembly speeches, one less UNESCO site |
The Daily Star | Syrian refugees in Turkey: Police are forcing us from homes CNN Antakya, Turkey (CNN) -- Turkish police are going house to house in this border province issuing an ultimatum, Syrian refugees say: Either move into a refugee camp or go back to Syria. More than a half dozen Syrian refugees living in rented homes in ... Jordan charges 4 with trying to enter Syria |
The Nation | Syria fighting continues, military receives reinforcement in Aleppo Xinhua DAMASCUS, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- The clashes in Syria continued Tuesday between the government troops and the armed opposition fighters amid reports that the army has received reinforcements in the northern province of Aleppo in a bid to settle the ... Activists Say Explosions Kill 20 in Syria's South Syria army steps up operations in Aleppo |
CBC.ca | Official: Hezbollah fighters killed in Syria The Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A Hezbollah commander and several fighters have been killed inside Syria, a Lebanese security official said Tuesday, a development that could stoke already soaring tensions over the Lebanese militant group's role in the civil war next door. Assad rejected leaders' bid for peace in Syria: former PM Syria's Assad tours Aleppo, orders more troops into battle-paper |
Iran's Ahmadinejad says Syria crisis may engulf region Reuters ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday warned that hostilities in Syria could engulf the region and accused some Syrians of trying to use their country's conflict to settle scores with Tehran. In comments to Al Jazeera ... |
Wall Street Journal | Syria's Kurds Build Enclaves as War Rages Wall Street Journal DERIK, Syria—A teacher's request sends a dozen young arms skyward, with high-pitched pleas to showcase new skills. One by one, the excited pupils walk to the front of their dusty classroom to recite or write in Kurdish—a language outlawed from public ... Syria's Kurds prepare for life after Assad Why Syria turmoil threatens Middle East |
Al-Arabiya | Official: Iraq Searches Syria-Bound Iranian Plane ABC News Iraqi authorities on Tuesday ordered an Iranian cargo plane heading to Syria to land in Baghdad for a search, then allowed the flight to proceed after no weapons were found. The unprecedented move appeared to be an attempt to ease U.S. concerns that ... Iraq checks Syria-bound Iran plane for arms, finds none |
Christian Science Monitor | Syria's foreign minister accuses US of promoting 'terrorism' Christian Science Monitor Syria's foreign minister brought his regime's case before the world Monday, accusing the US and its allies of promoting "terrorism" and blaming everyone from neighbors and extremists to the media for escalating the war — except the Syrian government. Syria troops bomb Salqin, near Turkish border, killing at least 21 people ... Shells rock rebel bastions as Syria violence escalates Splits among rebels an obstacle in Syria conflict |